<p>  Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has made a big splash with its ChatGPT competitor, claiming that it developed its AI assistant at a fraction of the cost. It's a serious contender, at least in the eyes of investors, with AI chipmaker Nvidia's shares sliding by more than 12 percent Monday morning. But the app also comes with some significant shortcomings compared to its Western counterparts. Like all other Chinese AI models, DeepSeek is beholden to the rules of state censors, as Bloomberg reports, and won't directly address sensitive topics like the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre or China-Taiwan relations. Users on Reddit […]</p>